Knuckles vs Ryu: who would win in a fist fight?
Pick the winner and how they win (TKO, DQ or decision), then see how everyone else called it.
Knuckles
“The Echidna” · Sega · 1994 · 3′7″ (110 cm), 88 lb (40 kg)
Guardian of the Master Emerald and the Sonic character built for punching. His spiked fists smash through rock.
Ryu
“The Wandering Warrior” · Street Fighter · 1987 · 5′9″ (175 cm), 187 lb (85 kg)
Wandering martial artist who lives only for the next fight. Master of the Hadoken, which he has been asked to leave at home tonight.
The crowd
Nobody has called this one yet.
The AI’s verdict (spoiler)
Ryu by TKO. Ryu wins by TKO in round two. Knuckles glides and wall-climbs around the ring admirably, but Ryu is 45 kg heavier and never stops hunting the next fight. Knuckles lives alone on Angel Island, so nobody in his corner throws in the towel; the referee has to step in.
Fair fight? Make Ryu fight on his knees so the two meet eye to eye, and Knuckles' spiked fists finally get a target above the shin.
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